Cars.com confirmed to Auto Remarketing via email that Gary Tucker, chief executive officer of DealerRater, was leaving the company effective Monday to pursue an opportunity outside of the company.  That opportunity, Auto Remarketing learned, is to take on the CEO position at Zubie, a connected-car platform and telematics provider.  "I am excited to join a […] [Read More]

On Tuesday, key storage and management solutions provider KEYper Systems announced that it has recently launched  KEYper GO, a mobile key management app that pairs with its electronic key management system. KEYper GO allows key management system users to check out and reserve keys, check the status of keys in real-time and notify co-workers when they […] [Read More]

After hearing from the growing community of dealers using its mobile app to move inventory, startup 5miles integrated its platform with the Frazer dealership management system. The mobile marketplace recently announced an integration with Frazer DMS is the company’s latest partnership. “Dealers were flocking to 5miles to use our platform to sell more cars and […] [Read More]

Integrated Auction Solutions announced this week that it has launched a simulcast platform with new features that include a redesigned bidding interface called HyperLane. This month, IAS also plans to launch IAS Marketplace and CoRe. The latter is what the company said in a news release is “IAS’s version of an agnostic fully mobile condition […] [Read More]

The 2017 Automotive Website Awards honored 37 of the best automotive digital marketing companies and one individual for their automotive websites and technology. More than 200 industry leaders were in attendance during an event that coincided with last week’s National Automobile Dealers Association Convention. “This year’s lineup impressed our team and showed true innovation. We […] [Read More]

Dominion Dealer Solutions announced on Saturday it launched an automotive equity plug-in tool that allows dealers to use any automotive customer relationship management system (CRM) in conjunction with its automotive equity mining solution, DealActivator. "We recognize that automotive dealers want the flexibility to use DealActivator’s best-in-class equity mining software without having to change CRM providers,” […] [Read More]

Global automotive professional services and technology company motormindz recently announced that former AutoNation officer and senior vice president Scot Eisenfelder will join its team as senior partner, professional services. The company highlighted Eisenfelder has driven innovation across multiple auto sectors. He was senior vice president of strategy at AutoNation, responsible for major change initiatives in ecommerce, […] [Read More]

The Appraisal Lane, a used-car trade network and communications platform,  announced recently that it has added the Grappone Automotive Group and Lee Auto Malls, to its growing dealer community who use the real-time platform to submit used cars for appraisal from their smartphones and receive cash offers from a live network of used-car experts. The additions […] [Read More]

Carfax and DealerSocket have expanded their partnership, and now more than 4,000 Carfax dealer websites powered by the automotive technology platform now are upgraded with Carfax Snapshot. Carfax Snapshot puts key vehicle history information directly on the search results and vehicle details pages. With information such as reported accidents, number of owners, service records and open […] [Read More]

Spireon recently introduced its latest connected car solution — Kahu — a smart add-on designed to provide dealers streamlined inventory and lot management that also offers car buyers modern location tracking and stolen vehicle recovery service. Kahu is the first connected car solution specifically designed for dealerships, according to the company. “New car dealer margins […] [Read More]